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Marlene Wagman-Geller

Empowering Stories of Strong Women

“These soaring stories will inspire you to live your dreams!” —Becca Anderson, author of The Book of Awesome Women

Finalist Pacific Book Awards 2018

Dorothy Parker observed, “It’s a man’s world;” the lady entrepreneurs and game-changers profiled in Women Who Launch would beg to differ. Unlike the matrons of the 1950s, these kick-ass females left their DNA in the annals of time.

A history of women in business and beyond. Juliette Gordon Low showed what’s good for the goose is good for the gander when she created the Girl Scouts of America. Sara Joseph Hale, authoress of Mary had a Little Lamb, convinced Lincoln to launch a national day-of-thanks while Anna Jarvis persuaded President Wilson to initiate a day in tribute of mothers. Estee Lauder revolutionized the cosmetics industry. The tradition of these Mothers of Invention continued when, compliments of knitter Krista Suh, the heads of millions were adorned with pink, pussy-cat ears in the largest women's march in history. These women who launched prove, in the words of Rosie the Riveter, “We can do it!”

Biographies of women creators, innovators, and leaders. Women Who Launch is filled with inspiring true stories of women activists, artists, and entrepreneurs who launched some of the most famous companies, brands, and organizations today and changed the world. It is at once a collection of biographies and a testament of female empowerment.

Inside find:

 • The stories behind renowned companies, brands, and organizations and the diverse women who launched them
 • Empowering quotes from strong women and those who refused to be kept down
 • Motivation to all women who want to succeed in their careers, launch companies, and change the world

If you are a fan of books about strong women such as Fabulous Female Firsts, In the Company of Women, or Behind Every Great Man, then you will want to read Women Who Launch.

Mango

Celebrating Women

Women Who Launch: Women Who Shattered Glass Ceilings

Profiles of pioneering women past and present who’ve shattered glass ceilings from the author of Women of Means and Women Who Launch.

 Sexism has kept generations of women on the sidelines of history—but in every era, there are women who refuse to sit back in the shadows. Fabulous Female Firsts is a celebration of those women—the role models who proved that with enough daring and tenacity, the impossible can become possible.

From the first woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor to the first female candidate for US President (it wasn’t Hillary Clinton!) to the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director, this collection of biographical profiles celebrates the trailblazers who persisted—in spite of being labeled stubborn, improper, or worse. This book is written in praise of “difficult women” who made the world a better place, and offers the inspiring stories of: Aretha Franklin • Sandra Day O’Connor • Lucy Walker • Sally Ride • Kathryn Bigelow • Misty Copeland • Viola Desmond • Pauli Murray • Emma Gatewood • Brig. Gen. Anna Hays • Junko Tabei • Gertrude Ederle and many more.
 
 “Effervescent stories about diverse groups of female creators, entrepreneurs, and dynamos . . . every page gives the motivation to strive for greatness.” —Becca Anderson, bestselling author of The Book of Awesome Women and Real Life Mindfulnes

Mango Media

Fabulous Female Firsts

​The audience will include:

 • Women ages 12 to 102: The volume would be an apropos gift for fodder in the modern day water coolers: emails, texts, and Twitter-wherever schadenfreude is required.
 • Popular History readers of both genders. The women profiled are from various historical epochs and oftentimes cast a new slant on their eras.
 • Viewers of 
The Biography Channel • . Each chapter offers a biography of a woman who caused ripples in her respective milieu.
 • Women Studies Courses: Traditional Women’s Studies focuses on the Amazonian females-those whose leadership and pioneering spirit are beacons of female empowerment. These women are not those traditionally lionized by society; they left their impact by going against the grain.

Selling Points: 

 1. Women continue to buy more books than do men. 
Unabashed Women 2. is sure to spark conversation among the original “social media” mavens, booksellers, and librarians
 3. An excellent Mother’s Day gift
Unabashed Women 4. is topical with media outlets as many magazine covers can attest. The paparazzi are abuzz with the nasty women, the contemporary Davids against the Goliaths. 
 5. Good nonfiction choice for book clubs.
 6. Subject lends itself to good social media promotions.
 7. As the chapters are concise, and independent from one another, it is a good volume for coffee shops, hair salons, waiting-rooms.

TMA Press

Unabashed Women: The Fascinating Biographies of Bad Girls, Seductresses, Rebels and One-of-a-Kind Women

Heiresses have always been viewed with eyes of envy: they were the ones for whom the cornucopia had been upended, showering them with unimaginable wealth and opportunity. However, oftentimes the weaving sisters saved their most heart-wrenching tapestries for their destinies. The public has always been riveted by these larger than life ladies: as eye witnesses to live theater, for schadenfreude, for foray into irony.

Criteria for inclusion entails birth or nuptials as the recipient of ‘the lucky sperm club’ the recipients of a many-splendored bank account. Christina Onassis: The oxymoron ‘poor little rich girl’ existed prior to heiress Christina Onassis, but she was its ill-starred embodiment. Her life was woven with the thread of Greek tragedy: she lost her entire family in the span of two years and her four husbands brought only heartache. She passed away at age thirty-seven in Argentina: her heart which had been abused and broken, finally gave out. She was interred in the family’s private island of Skorpios, beside her brother and father, whose term of affection for his daughter was “chryso mou” “my gold.”

Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls (Bios of Royalty and Rich & Famous)

“An incredible book about the strength of women . . . an important book and a read that is nothing if not timely with current politics.” —FangirlNation

A #1 Bestseller in 21st Century U.S. History for Teens

Still I Rise takes its title from a work by Maya Angelou and it resonates with the same spirit of an unconquerable soul, a woman who is captain of her fate. It embodies the strength of character of the inspiring women profiled. Each chapter will outline the fall and rise of great women heroes who smashed all obstacles, rather than let all obstacles smash them. The book offers hope to those undergoing their own Sisyphean struggles. Intrepid women heroes are the antithesis of the traditional damsels in distress; rather than waiting for the prince, they took salvation into their own hands.

 Celebrate girl power! Women leaders in history celebrated in this book include: • Madame C. J. Walker—first female American millionaire
 • Aung San Suu Kyi—Burma’s first lady of freedom
 • Betty Shabazz—civil rights activist
 • Nellie Sachs—Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize recipient
 • Selma Lagerlof—first woman Nobel Laureate
 • Fannie Lou Hamer—American voting rights activist
 • Bessie Coleman—first African-American female pilot
 • Wilma Rudolph—first woman to win three gold medals
 • Sonia Sotomayor—first Hispanic Supreme Court justice
 • Wangari Maathai—Nobel Prize winner
 • Winnifred Mandela—freedom fighter
 • Lois Wilson—founder of Al-Anon
 • Roxanne Quimby—cofounder of Burt’s Bees

 “Inspirational . . . If you need a little encouragement in your life during these difficult times, the lives of these women will give you hope.” —Says Me Says Mom

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